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Contrary to popular myth, they are not treated as vermin by the ‘locals’, very colourful, fairly amusing and noisy characters and smaller birds share the nut feeder with them in our garden.

I remember seeing a report on the BBC TV news about how locals in Surrey were treating them as vermin as they were driving other birds away and causing mayhem and noise. I'm sure some were complaining about how they couldn't hang washing out on their gardens due to the mess they made.

Personally, I liked listening to their song and watching them fly around in big groups.